The Rockies' bats were quiet again on the World Series stage, and starter Ubaldo Jimenez was unable to make it through the fifth inning in a second consecutive loss in Boston. Todd Helton's RBI groundout in the first accounted for Colorado's lone run.

The Red Sox showed they can win without a double-digit scoring effort as Curt Schilling recorded his 11th career playoff win and Mike Lowell hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the fifth inning to boost Boston squarely into the Series driver's seat.